HopfulAddiction
Active Member
I have been reading the cider forum multiple days multiple hours and I am still utterly confused. Too many choices it seems
The wife has charged me with making her a cider. She just purchased me 4.5 gallons of unpasturised, no preservative fresh cider froma spring press at the local cider mill, so the job is in the next couple days. I'm thinking a 5 gallon carboy for primary fermentation/all fermentation with 4 gallons? And drink the half gallon now with spiced rum
She has placed no time limit on delivery. Fall cider season would be just fine by her. I will be bottling I think, as I bottle all my beer. No keezer yet for me.
Will an ale yeast die off at some level of sweatness if I add sugar of some sort, so I don't have to kill it off somehow and still be safe to bottle?
Some people say brew it fast and drink it fresh aka bottled within weeks others advocate ageing for months to clear. Which is it? If it needs to age for months I may have to buy a new carboy but oh well I only own two so no big deal. Both are full of beer right now that I need to bottle.
Just looking for a simple batch, beer didn't seem anywhere near as hard when I started.
The wife has charged me with making her a cider. She just purchased me 4.5 gallons of unpasturised, no preservative fresh cider froma spring press at the local cider mill, so the job is in the next couple days. I'm thinking a 5 gallon carboy for primary fermentation/all fermentation with 4 gallons? And drink the half gallon now with spiced rum
She has placed no time limit on delivery. Fall cider season would be just fine by her. I will be bottling I think, as I bottle all my beer. No keezer yet for me.
Will an ale yeast die off at some level of sweatness if I add sugar of some sort, so I don't have to kill it off somehow and still be safe to bottle?
Some people say brew it fast and drink it fresh aka bottled within weeks others advocate ageing for months to clear. Which is it? If it needs to age for months I may have to buy a new carboy but oh well I only own two so no big deal. Both are full of beer right now that I need to bottle.
Just looking for a simple batch, beer didn't seem anywhere near as hard when I started.